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Y v CASH CAREER FOR STORES. No. 295,645.. Patented Mar. 25. 1884.

nire Simfree risica Artnr CHARLES M. JOHNSON, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS,`ASSIGNOR TO VILLIAM S. LAMSON, OF LOVELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASH-CAI'RFHER` FOR STORES.

" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,645, dated March2.5, 188%.

" Application filed January 14, 1884. I (No model.)

fo @ZZ whom it may concern.V

Be it known that I, CHaRLns M. JoHNsoN,

of Peoria, inthe county of Peoria, in the State of Illinois, haveinvented an VImprovement in Cash-Carriers for Stores; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which likeJ letters of reference refer to likeparts, and in which- Figure l represents a side elevation; Fig. 2, asectional elevation at x x.

My invention is in that line of cash-carriers in which inclined tracksor ways suspended above the counters of a store, and terminating at oneend at the cashiers desk, are provided with trap-doors, which areautomatically opened by the arrival thereat of the rolling ballbelongingthereto.

My invention relates to means whereby several balls, all of the samesize, may roll upon a single track and each open its own trap-dooralone; also, to so adapt a single elevator to receive as well as elevatea ball.

My means for operating the trap-doors consist, essentially, in havingthe balls of different weights and adapting the traps to be unlocked bymechanism which acts under the weight of its'own ball alone. To do thisI have a slight elevation in front of each trap, which is depressibleonly under a given weight. This movement of depression I make to actdirectly upon the lock to release the trap, and therefore have theheaviest ball belong nearest the cashier, or else the ball4 which is toolight to depress said elevation strikes a lever suspended above orcompletes an electric circuit, and so unlocks its trap. The heavierballs, by depressing the elevation, do not strike said lever, and so donot release the catch. In this case the heaviest .ball goes to thestation the farthest from the cashier.

In the drawings I show simply the means whereby the depression of anelevation shall act directly to unlock the trap.

A is the track running to the cashier, and B the track from the cashierto the clerks, only one trap, C, and elevator being shown.

A short distance in "front of the trap C is a tongue, pivoted at one endto the track-rails B, and resting at its other extremity upon thehorizontal arm of the angle-iron H. From the lower drm of saidangle-iron runs a slender rod, E, to the latch D. Said latch D, pivotedto the framework .of the cage F, is adapted to engage with the trap Cand hold it in place when closed. The spring S serves to hold said latchagainst the pressure of all the balls except the one belonging thereto.

As shown in Fig. 42, the cage F is curved toward hthe elevator L, andthe side M of said elevator is low, so that when a ball falls throughthe trap O it is directed laterally into the said elevator L. Thiselevator is retained in position to receive the ball from the cage F bymeans of the cord'R, passing up over the pulley and down to the weightIV, suspended by a cord, R, from the ceiling. Vihen reenforced, however,by the ball, the elevator overpowers the weight W'and sinks to the endof its rods O N. Here the terminally-enlarged lug T sinks in between thesprings T, and holds the elevator while the ball is removed, itscontents attended to, and it returned thereto.

To send the ball to the cashier the elevator is raised by the cord It orother means until its floor is on a level with the switch-track A', theangle-iron K strikes the projection O, and the ball is thrown therebyfrom theelevator to the said switch-track A', and from thence to thetrack A. TheV weight W being supported by the cord R, the cord R ishanging slack, and the elevator is held by the cord R alone. Now, whenthe clerk releases-the cord R, the elevator sinks down to the level ofthe cage F, at which point it is held by the weight NV,

the cord R, connecting therewith, having now become taut. The trap C,which is pivoted at its center to the track-rails, is provided with therigid arm O', and the lower end of said trap weighted to enable it toopen when the latch D is unlocked. As the properlyweighted ball comesrolling down the track B, it passes over the tongue G, and depresses thesame sufficiently to release, through the angleiron H and rod E, thetrap C from its retaining-latch D. Said trap at once opens to theposition shown in Fig. l, the ball drops therethrough, in its fallstrikes upon the armC,

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thereby closing the trap, and passes down through the cage F into theelevator L, which sinks with it to the clerk.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, isas follows, to wit:

1. In a cash-carrier, a track having several balls or other carriers ofdifferent weights thereon, in combination with traps in said track, andmeans whereby the weights of said balls shall each open its own trapalone.

2. In a cash-carrier, a track having a trap, and a slight elevationashort distance in front of said trap, in combination with means,substantially as described, whereby the depression of said elevationshall unlock said trap, for the purpose set forth.

3. The track B, having trap C and tongue G, in combination with thelatch D, spring S, and means whereby the depression of said tongue shallrelease said latch, substantiallyT as and for the purpose specified.

4:. The track B, trap C, and tongue G, in combination with theangle-iron H, rod E, latch D, and spring S, substantially as set forth.

5. The track B, trap C, and laterally-curved cage F, in combination withthe elevator L, having low side M, and means for raising the same.

6. The track B, trap C, and laterally-curved cage F, in combination withthe elevator L, having low side M, rods O N, switch-track A', and trackA, substantially as described.

7. The track B, trap C, and cage F, in combination with the elevator L,having low side M, cords R and R', pulley l?, and weight W, havingsupporting-cord R".

8. In combination with the elevator L, rods O N, and cord B, theterminally-enlarged lug 'I and springs T', for the purpose set forth.

9. In combination with the track B, having trap C, curved cage F, andtrack A, having switch-track A', an elevator adapted to re- 'ceive aball from said cage and deliver it at said switch-track, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing inventin I have hereunto set myhand day of January, 1884.

oHAELEs M. JoHNsoN.

Vitnesses:

F. H. COOPER, H. W. WELLS.

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